I am trying to make a replica for pong in pygame for my first project but when I try to move my paddles they stretch instead. I believe the reason is it creates a new rect every time I try to move it but I can't seem to figure out why. Please review the code and help rectify my mistake. Here is my code:
import pygame
W, H = 600, 500
screen = pygame.display.set_mode((W, H))
FPS = 30
class Paddle(pygame.sprite.Sprite):
def __init__(self, x, y, width, height):
super(Paddle, self).__init__()
self.x = x
self.y = y
self.width = width
self.height = height
self.surf = pygame.Surface((width, height))
self.surf.fill((255, 255, 255))
self.rect = self.surf.get_rect()
self.rect.center = (x, y)
def move(self, distance):
self.rect.move_ip(0, distance)
paddleA = Paddle(15, 250, 10, 50)
paddleB = Paddle(585, 250, 10, 50)
allSprites = pygame.sprite.Group()
allSprites.add(paddleA)
allSprites.add(paddleB)
run = True
clock = pygame.time.Clock()
while run:
for event in pygame.event.get():
if event.type == pygame.QUIT:
run = False
elif event.type == pygame.KEYDOWN:
if event.key == pygame.K_ESCAPE:
run = False
pressedKeys = pygame.key.get_pressed()
if pressedKeys[pygame.K_UP]:
paddleB.move(-5)
elif pressedKeys[pygame.K_DOWN]:
paddleB.move(5)
elif pressedKeys[pygame.K_w]:
paddleA.move(-5)
elif pressedKeys[pygame.K_s]:
paddleA.move(5)
for sprite in allSprites:
screen.blit(sprite.surf, sprite.rect)
pygame.display.update()
clock.tick(FPS)
pygame.quit()
quit()